If you are injured on the job in Pennsylvania, workers’ compensation benefits in the form of payments for lost wages, medical care, specific loss benefits, and death benefits are available. When is an employer required to begin paying workers’ compensation benefits after a work-related injury? Under the Workers’ Compensation Act, an employer and its insurance […]
In Pennsylvania, once a worker is injured on the job and his or her claim is accepted by his employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier, the injured worker should have no cause to pay for medical treatment. Instead, the doctor, hospital, or other medical provider is legally required to bill a workers’ compensation insurance company directly and may […]
Workers who sustain a job injury or a work-related illness receive benefits under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act. These benefits include medical expenses and, if a worker is unable to work, wage-loss compensation benefits until they can return. While recovering from an injury, an injured worker may have the opportunity to earn income from another […]
Powell Law has represented injured workers for 115 years and has a distinguished reputation throughout northeastern Pennsylvania for adhering to the highest standards in serving those injured on the job. When an injured worker in Pennsylvania establishes an entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits, i.e., “temporary total disability benefits” or TTD, the employer’s workers’ comp insurance […]
Any Pennsylvania worker who suffers a work-related injury or who is diagnosed with an occupational disease and informs his or her employer, i.e., giving notice of this injury or condition, should expect that the employer will report this injury to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (PDLI) and the employer’s workers’ compensation provider. The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act […]
Like most of the fifty states, Pennsylvania is an “at-will” employment state, meaning that an employer may fire an employee at any time, for any reason without recourse. In turn, employees may quit their job at any time without reason or recourse by an employer. The coronavirus pandemic has subjected an unprecedented number of Pennsylvanians […]
The construction industry in Pennsylvania resumed operations on May 1, 2020, under Governor Wolf’s order after the shutdown resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. Despite reopening, all construction businesses must follow certain guidelines during operations to counter the spread of the virus. The following provides details about reopening, continuing, or beginning projects. Residential Construction Residential construction […]
Correctly calculating an injured worker’s compensation rate is both a complicated and critical undertaking. An incorrect calculation may lead to costly litigation, penalties, even the disallowance of a claim under some circumstances. In 1906, James Powell, Sr. founded Powell Law. Since then, our attorneys have litigated workers’ compensation cases involving all types of workplace injuries. […]
Work-related injuries necessitate workers receiving some level of medical treatment. Many Pennsylvania workers believe that it is mandatory they obtain treatment from doctors chosen by their employer or insurance carrier. While the law provides employers with some input in the decision of where an injured worker will seek treatment, after the passage of the requisite time […]
Powell Law has represented injured workers for 115 years and has a distinguished reputation throughout northeastern Pennsylvania for adhering to the highest standards in serving those injured on the job. In 1915, the Pennsylvania Legislature enacted the Pennsylvania Workmen’s (Workers’) Compensation Act (the “Act”) specifying compensation for employees who are injured as a result of […]
